Sentences with phrase «insecticide in»

The insecticide in question, clothianidin, was banned in Germany in May because of its potential harmful impact on bees.

This particular flea shampoo from Sentry contains Permethrin and Piperonyl, both of which act together and function as medication as well as insecticide in effectively eliminating lice heads, fleas and ticks, but also their nits or eggs.

This could also be a concern if you hire a pest control service, which may use a pyrethrin / pyrethroid - based insecticide in and around your home.

When using an insecticide in the house or yard, keep pets away from the area for the recommended period of time.

These products do NOT kill adult fleas, and therefore, are generally combined with an insecticide in most products.

Clusters were randomly allocated to receive either long - lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) alone or LLINs in combination with indoor residual spraying (IRS) with a pyrethroid (deltamethrin) insecticide in the first year and a carbamate (bendiocarb) insecticide in the two subsequent years.

The new study found levels of up to 42.7 nanograms per liter of this insecticide in Iowa rivers.

Public health workers can use standardized bioassays to coat a bottle with an insecticide in a specific dose.

Whitfeld explains, «Sofia encountered particular problems with the analysis of mercury concentrations because of the historical use of mercuric chloride as an insecticide in herbarium collections.

But new techniques that insert foreign genetic material, say bacterial genes to produce insecticide in a corn plant, have raised health and environmental concerns.

• 23 % DDT (organochlorine) First used as an insecticide in 1939.

However, if there was no insecticide in the water, the same mechanisms ensured that the populations quickly lost their resistance gene again without enemy species.

«The effect of BT crops has been a dramatic reduction in insecticides in the developing world and reduced use by 37 percent,» Van Eenennaam noted.

A study found that as many as 80 percent of the bugs are immune to insecticides in over-the-counter shampoos, and resistance will only increase.

«We were just very lucky with the pyrethroid insecticides in the»70s and»80s,» Hamon says.

They planted plots of an iceberg lettuce variety known as Kelvin, and applied several insecticides in various concentrations.

«You might be able to keep insecticides in business for 60, 80 years, perhaps forever,» he says.

Accumulating evidence implicates several commonly used insecticides in honey bee deaths, sparking a growing demand for bee - safe alternatives.

Cornell entomologist Jeff Scott and colleagues have analyzed levels of resistance to six insecticides in flies, and they have identified the mutations that led to resistance in houseflies from cattle farms in nine states around the country.

For the past 20 years, there has been a rise in resistance to insecticides in mosquitoes, particularly in the Anopheles genus, some of which transmit the malaria parasite.

Research continues to show the ways in which neonicotinoids, the most widely used group of insecticides in the world, are having devastating effects on pollinator species, and new research reveals that some of these compounds are toxic to monarch caterpillars.

«It's quite important if you're trying to use insecticides in a situation where pollinators might be affected.»

Widespread occurrence of neonicotinoid insecticides in streams in a high corn and soybean producing region, USA.

With this background in mind, researchers in the Relyea lab at Rensselaer questioned how road salt and the insecticide carbaryl act alone and in combination to affect the structure and function of wetland food webs (carbaryl [commercial name: Sevin] is one of the most commonly applied insecticides in the United States).

Some other very important actions to take are reducing the amount of scented candles, air fresheners, and fragrances in cleaners, never heating up foods in plastic containers or placing hot foods in them, not using weed killers or insecticides in or around your home, avoiding dark hair dye, and having a very serious conversation with your doctor about any hormonal type of birth control.

They're in your neighbor's dryer sheets venting next door, other people wear fragrances or use them in their homes, they're in air fresheners and insecticides in public buildings, in soaps in public restrooms, and so on.

These medications have a small percentage of insecticides in their ingredients and over a period of time, it really builds up in the body and has harmful effects in the body.

This can get rid of the need to use potentially harmful insecticides in the yard.

Citing reports from independent toxicologists, a Kennel Club spokesperson said Jagger died from meat cubes tainted with two fast acting poisons — carbofuran and aldicarb (both banned insecticides in the EU) that would have led to symptoms and death within a few hours of being consumed.

Spot - on treatments work best for various pest because they have insecticides in them as well as growth restrictors.

This is important to remember because adult fleas may emerge into the environment a considerable time after you apply insecticides in your home.

Pyrethrins are natural extracts from Chrysanthemum (mums) flowers used as insecticides in flea and tick products.

As with all flea collars, there are insecticides in this collar which is what makes it effective but can also make some dogs sick.

Pyrethrins, and the related but more potent, chemically derived pyrethroids, are widely - used insecticides in flea and tick prevention products used around homes and on cats and dogs.

Flea insecticides in conventional flea control product ingredients, and even some «natural» flea control products, can be dangerous to your cat's health.

When using insecticides in your home or on your pets, read the label carefully.

A variety of strategies currently are used to control outbreaks of plague, including dusting insecticides in prairie dog holes to control fleas.

Unlike the toxic insecticides in products such as Spotton, Proban, and Prospot, the ingredients in Frontline and Advantage are not absorbed into the bloodstream and are toxic only to fleas, not to dogs or their owners.

The area in Arizona was sprayed with insecticides in an attempt to kill the fleas and stop the spread of plague.

Fair - trade cotton is cotton that is produced durable without any insecticides in developing countries.

They campaigned against the over use of insecticides in the 60 ′ s. Hell It's only in the last 10 yrs that the common buzzard became relatively common again where I live.

Neonicotinoid pesticides, also known as neonics, are the most widely used insecticides in the world.

A 2015 study by American Bird Conservancy and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has found bird - and bee - killing insecticides in nearly every food eaten by the nation's Senators, Representatives, and others who dine in the cafeterias of the United States Congress.

What is most worrisome is the, «prolific inclusion of these insecticides in home garden products,» notes the Xerces Society.

Since 1991, Bayer has been producing the insecticide imidacloprid, which is one of the best selling insecticides in the world, often used as seed - dressing for maize, sunflower, and rape.

When I posted on new research linking neonicotinoid pesticides to bee deaths, I noted that bee numbers improved after bans on these insecticides in France and Germany.

• Create an entire irrigation system for a huge piece of land, bringing watering costs down by 75 % • Singlehandedly carve a large hedge into the shape of Deadpool, just in time for the movie's release, resulting in a huge number of spectators • Operate power equipment such as mowers, tractors, snow blowers and electrical cutters to perform landscaping work • Edge lawns by using dedicated mowers and power edgers • Prune and trim trees and shrubs using a variety of shears and chainsaws • Mix fertilizers and insecticides in a safe manner and ensure that they are efficiently and evenly spread • Develop, implement and maintain irrigation systems to ensure that sufficient amount of water is being given to vegetation, while minimizing wastage

Nonetheless, the wholesale grower recently discontinued spraying foliage with neonicotinoids, although it is still using small amounts of the systemic insecticides in granular form on some tree crops in the field.

Not exact matches

High doses of naled itself are toxic if direct exposure to skin or lungs occurs, but experts say the concentration used in the insecticide is too low to have that effect.

In July, Puerto Rico ignored pressure from the Centers for Disease Control and sided with public concerns about naled's safety when it decided against using the insecticide.